Friday, 7. March 2003
Topic: - on March 7, 2003 at 11:42:01 PM CET
Possibility of 'Dirty Bomb' in Nigerian Theft
Halliburton Co., the world's No. 2 oil field services firm, said on Thursday it has started a probe involving U.S. and Nigerian government officials over theft of a radioactive device used at its Nigerian operations.
A report by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday said officials were concerned that the device's radioactive material could be used to create a "dirty bomb," an explosive device designed to scatter radioactivity in a densely populated area.
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